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Husband of jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe accuses foreign office of passing on threats from Iran that her elderly parents will be harmed if he does not stop criticising the regime Nazanin was jailed in 2016 for allegedly plotting to overthrow Iran’s government The mother-of-one denies the allegations and is currently under house arrest Husband Richard Ratcliffe … Read more
Ex-Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the UK ‘is beginning to look weak’ and is being ‘pushed around’ over its failure to protect Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The British-Iranian dual national has been detained in Iran since 2016, when she was sentenced to five years in prison over allegations of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government. Iranian officials … Read more
A dissident who claims he was tortured by Iran demanded the release of imprisoned British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as he was convicted of trying to torch a diplomatic car outside the Iranian Embassy. IT professional Sam Parsa, 60, was accused of planting a bottle of petrol along with a scarf into the exhaust pipe of … Read more
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she is ‘relieved’ at avoiding being sent back to jail in Iran as latest court case is adjourned and her house arrest extended as she awaits new trial date She was told she would be returned to Evin prison in Tehran after the hearing She was freed under house arrest in March at … Read more
British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was told her daughter would be taken away and her husband was a spy after first being detained in Iran 41-year-old said she spent 40 days in complete isolation after being imprisoned It caused her to ‘doubt herself’ and ask if spy accusations were actually correct British-Iranian national revealed her ordeal in … Read more
‘Groundless’ new trial for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for ‘spreading anti-Iranian propaganda’ is postponed with no future date set The British-Iranian mother-of-one has been detained in prison in Iran since 2016 She was sentenced to five years in jail over ‘plot to overthrow Iran’s government’ Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a journalism charity administrator, denied the allegations She was due … Read more
Jailed British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing a new charge, Iranian state media announced today. The 42-year-old and her lawyer were summoned to an Islamic Revolutionary Court and informed of a ‘new indictment’, the Irib News Agency reported. Tulip Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead where Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe last lived, said she had spoken to … Read more
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was almost freed by Iran three years ago but the deal collapsed… weeks after Boris Johnson tried to intervene in her case, new documentary claims A BBC Panorama investigation allegedly uncovered details of deal made in 2017 Richard Ratcliffe said his wife had been due to return to the UK on December 28 … Read more
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has planned to demand the UK repays its £400million debt to Iran so she can be freed – as her husband warned the chance has ‘almost gone’. The mother-of-one is expected to speak to foreign secretary Dominic Raab over the phone to ask him to pay the 40-year-old debt in exchange for her … Read more
Pain drags on for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as decision on whether she will be pardoned in Iran is delayed The mother-of-one was due to hear if she was granted clemency on Wednesday She was freed from Evin prison, Tehran on March 17 in Covid-19 measures Her temporary release was further extended last week, pending the decision … Read more